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B. T. TURNEY.

- CIGAR LIGHTER.

No. 520,095 Patented May'ZZ, 1894.

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EUGENE T. TURNEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE TURNEY ELECTRICMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CIGAR-LIGHTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 520,095, dated May 22,1894.

Application filed August 11,1893.

0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE T. TURNEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Lighters, whichare fully set forth in the following specification, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a frontelevation of a lighter, embodying my invention, slightly broken away;Fig. 2, an edge elevation of the same; Fig. 3, an inside elevation ofthe front piece of the device; Fig. 4., a similar elevation of the backpiece; Fig. 5, a section taken on the line 5. 5 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 6, adetail section taken on the line 6. 6 of Fig. 1.

My invention relates to' a pocket article which is constructed andadapted to receive and hold in a fixed position a number of matches, andis provided with a device whereby the matches may be forced outindividually at a certain point and lighted as theyare driven outward.

The invention consists in certain features of construction and specialdevices whereby the results above mentioned are obtained.

I will describe in detail the construction and operation of a lighterembodying my invention in one special way, and will then more definitelydesignate in claims the improvements which I believe to be new and wishto secure by Letters Patent.

The device, as suggested above, is intended to receive and retain acertain number of matches and to light the latter as they are pushed outfrom the receptacle; it is, therefore, a kind of match holder andlighter, but as it is practically convenientfor and adapted to use asacigar lighter,l thus term it, though I do not intend to thereby limitthe invention to this or any particular use.

The device is composed of two parts, both of disk form and adapted to bereadily connected and disconnected.

In the drawings, A represents what may be regarded as the front part ofthe lighter. It consists of a simple round disk of metal, a, with anannular flange or rim, CL, on the back or inside. At one side of thisdisk there is provided a radial slot, a extending inward SerialNo.482,921. (No model.)

ner end beingleft free and bent slightly away from the disk, as seen inFigs. 3 and 6. In the rim of this front disk there is also provided anaperture, of, directly in line with the radial slot, a On each side ofthis aperture is a little knife, D, which is secured to the out-- sideof the rim by means of suitable screws, 01. The knives project inwardtoward each other and terminate in short, sharp points or blades, 01',projectingslightly over the aperture in the rim, but leaving a freespace between them, as seen in Figs.,1 and 2. These points are .shapedto make short cutting blades, and are thus formed by beveling each sideof the knife, as seen in Fig. 2, and preferably cutting the edges on anincline downward and outward as seen in Figs. 1 and 3, though theseparticulars of construction are not essentials.

What may be called the back, E, of the device, is a simple plain disk,e. But upon its inside there is provided a raised annulus or annularboss, F, of somewhat less diameter than the disk, and either made in onepiece with the latter, or as a separate piece, brazed or otherwisesuitably secured to the back, as seen in Figs. 4 and 6. This annularboss is provided with a series of radial grooves f, as seen in Fig. 4,each of which is adapted to receive a short match. With thisconstruction it is evident that the partitions, f, be-

tween the grooves will be wedge-shaped, and,

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Fig. 5, thus securing the two parts together. The thickness of thegrooved boss, F, is about equal to the depth of the rim, a, on the frontdisk, so that when the two parts are fastened together, as describedabove, the front will nearly close down upon the boss, as seen in Fig.6.

Obviously with the construction and connection of the two partsdescribed above, they are free to turn upon each other after beingfastened together,but in the operation of the device it is desirablethat this motion shall be possible in one direction only. For thispurpose the spring pawl, O, is arranged to take into the grooves in theboss, as seen in Fig. 6, thereby preventing the rotation in onedirection while permitting it in the other by the yielding of the pawl.The pawl is also arranged so that it will drop into one of the groovesjust as another groove is brought into register with the aperture, er,in the rim of the device, and, as in doing this it makes a slight click,this registering adjustment will always be indicated.

A series of short-matches, H, preferably of the waxy type-generallyknown as tapers is arranged in the series of grooves in the raisedannulus on the inside of the back, E, one in each groove, the latterbeing of a size adapted to receive the body, h, of the match, while theheads, 71., a little larger than the grooves, stand outside of thelatter and around its rim in regular order, as seen in said Fig. 4.. Thematches are cut short so that the bodies will extend in about the lengthof the grooves, but preferably not quite to the extremity of the latter,as seen in Fig. 4 also. A pin, I, is fitted in the radial slot, 0. butso as to be free to slide therein. As illustrated in the drawings, thisis eifected by threading the inner end of the pin and turning thereon asmall threaded washer, z', the outer end of the pin being formed in theshape ofan enlarged head, i, on the outside of the disk, at, by means ofwhich the pin may be moved back and forth in the slot. This pin at thebottom of the slot will enter the sunken recess, f just inside theannulus, and is of sufiicient length toreach inward about the depth ofone of the grooves in the latter. Now, from the description given above,it will be seen that when the disks are turned, as permitted by thepawl, so as to bring one of the grooves into register with the knifeaperture in the rim, the pin will also register with this same grooveand will stand just back or inside of the inner end of the match lyingtherein, as seen in full lines in Fig. 5. \Vhenever it is desired to usethe match, the pin is pushed outward in its slot, and obviously willthereby drive the match before it outward through the knife aperture inthe rim, thereby bringing the head of the match into contact with theknives, by means of which it is ignited, and the blazing head carriedout beyond the knives by the further movement of the pin, as seen indot-' ted lines in Fig. 5. p

It is evident that the matches remaining within the device are fullyprotected,so that there is no danger of igniting them when one islighted, as described above, and, furthermore, by the movement of thedisks, as already described, the matches maybe used one after anotheruntil the supply is exhausted, when the holder may be refilled by simplyd15- connecting the disks, which is readily done by pulling them apart,the button slipping out from its clasp to permit the separation.

Now, it is convenient to know the number of unused matches in the holderat any time. For this purpose I number each segmentpartition between thegrooves, as seen in Fig. 4, in which it will be noticed that the numberson the segments reach twenty, and so as the grooves are equal in number,there are, of course, twenty grooves, and so when filled there will betwenty matches in the holder. The aperture, a is so arranged that whenthe disks are adjusted ready for the operation of lighting one of thematches, as described above, one of the segmental partitions will bejust back of this aperture, and so the number which it bears will beexposed through 4 the aperture, as seen in Fig. 1; the number of unusedmatches can, therefore, always be readily determined.

The disks are, of course, made small, so that the device is convenientfor carrying in the pocket, and there is thus provided aneat, safe,convenient, and reliable holder for matches, with lighting'attachmentwhereby one of the said matches may be used at any time desired. Thedevice is especially convenient fora cigar lighter, as will be evidentfrom the description above of its construction and operation;

at the same time, I do not wish to be understood as restricting its useto this particular I purpose, as it is adapted generally to the purposeof carrying matches in a protected condition and automatically lightingthem as the occasion may require.

Modifications may be made in the construction of the devices hereinshown and described and still the main characteristics be retained;hence, I do not wish to be understood as limiting my invention to allthe special details of construction and arrangement herein set forth. Iam also aware that the device here shown for connecting the two diskstogether is similar to one used for other purposes, particularly as aglove fastener. Hence, I do not regard this device as a part of myinvention except in connection with the two disks designed to be turnedupon each other.

Having thus described my invention, what I believe to be new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of adisk provided with a series of radial groovesadapted to receive and hold matches, witha second disk applied directlyto and covering the grooves in the former and connected thereto by adevice whlch permits the turning of one upon the other, an ignitingdevice just outside of the holder, and an attachment on one of the disksadapted to force a match out through the igniter, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination of a circular front, A, provided with rim, a, havingan aperture, a, with a circular back, E, annular boss, F, on the insidethereof provided with ra dial grooves, f, adapted to receive and holdmatches, a sliding pin on the front, A, adapted to drive a matchoutwardfrom its groove, and a connecting device for the two parts, constructedto permit one to be turned upon the other, substantially as described.

3. The combinationof the circular front, A, provided with radial slot,6?, with the rim,ct', having aperture, a, the pin, I, mounted in saidslot and free to slide therein, the circular back, E, the annular boss,F, provided with radial grooves, f, an igniting device arranged at theaperture in the rim, and a connecting device adapted to unite the twoparts and permit them to be turned upon each other, substantially asdescribed.

4. The combination of the front, A, with the rim, a having aperture, er,the circular back, E, annular boss, F, provided with radial grooves, f,the spring clasp, B, on one disk, and the button, G, on the other,substantially as described.

5. The combination of the circular front, A, with the rim, a, providedwith aperture, a,

the circular back, E, connected to the former by a device which permitsthem to be readily disconnected from and connected to each other and tobe turned one upon the other, the annular boss, F, provided with radialgrooves, f, and the spring pawl, C, secured to the front, A, and adaptedto engage with the grooves, f, substantially as described.

6. The combination of the circular front, A, provided with radial slot,a with the run, a, provided with aperture, a, the circular back, E, theannular boss, F, thereon provided with radial grooves, f, the pin, I,mounted in the slot, a and free to slide therein, the igniting knives,D, on the rim and projecting slightly over the aperture therein, and thespring 'pawl, C, mounted onthe front, A, and adapted to engage with thegrooves, f, substantially as described.

7. The combination of the circular front, A, provided with aperture, 0,at one side thereof, with the circular back, E, annular boss, F,provided with radial grooves, f, and alternate partitions, f eachbearing a number corresponding to one of the grooves, the spring pawl,O, mounted on the front, A, and adapted to en gage with the saidgrooves, and a connecting device between the two parts adapted to permitone to be turned upon the other, substantially as described.

EUGENE T. TURNEY.

Witnesses:

R. 0. PAGE, LEOTIE LIEB.

